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Word: syllabic (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • linguistics Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (r?d'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i?) and the (l).
  • Of, or being a form of quantities.
  • Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
  • Pronounced with every syllable distinct.

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Noun:

  • linguistics A syllabic sound.

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